Production Test Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

Project Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

The Production Test Engineer will support test operators and operations by coordinating, maintaining, and improving testing hardware and software capabilities for a variety of different propulsion subsystems: PCBAs, feed systems, electric propulsion thrusters, tanks, and integrated propulsion systems. The Propulsion Test Engineer will support existing test processes and hardware in order to ensure the needed test coverage is achieved at production rates. This will include coordinating tests, training test operators, resolving test nonconformances, building up additional test stations, and implementing methods of optimizing testing.

Responsibilities

• Disposition and resolve test failures and flight hardware non-conformances
• Improve test automation, data acquisition, and data analysis to improve test efficiency and cycle times
• Work with hardware subsystem owners to ensure test coverage is maintained across flight hardware design update cycles
• Work with hardware subsystem owners to refine test requirements and the methodologies to test against those requirements
• Train operators in the execution of developed testing and processes

There are 2 shift options available for this position. First is Wednesday - Saturday (10 hour shifts). Second is Saturday through Tuesday (10 hour shifts).

About The Team

The Leo Propulsion Team is responsible for the design and development of the propulsion system which provides maneuvering capability to the spacecraft. The Propulsion Team is made up of a variety of sub-teams which are responsible for various aspects of the development and production process, such as mechanical design, systems engineering, subject matter experts, manufacturing, and test. This integrated team structure allows direct communication and rapid process feedback while also promoting close collaboration across the team.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years experience with hardware testing in a production environment
• 3+ years experience using enterprise system software such as SAP

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• 2+ years experience with NI TestStand
• 2+ years experience with Python

Pay

USA, WA, REDMOND — $117,300.00 – $160,000.00 USD annually